By bloid
via codeclimber.net.nz
Published: Feb 08 2007 / 12:07
Longhorn, Leopard, Indigo, Poseidon, Gran Paradiso, Yukon, SharpFreedom, Supertanga, Revolution, Lightning, Lambrate, Orcas, Q98, Fiji, Pendolino, McKinley. What does all these names have in common? Apparently nothing... but they are all codenames for various kind of software.
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Comments
tbr replied ago:
Careful you don't end up with this situation though... http://meet-joe-bloggs.blogspot.com/2006/08/episode-27-project-naming.html
ct replied ago:
I'm completely for project and/or release names. Without them, technology developed internally seems to gain no traction; it doesn't feel "business tangible". You only have to look at examples like AJAX to see how powerful naming technology can be.
dgary replied ago:
place I used to work at, the initials were xs, so every project started with xs
took em years to realize I had slipped a pun into every project name since they looked at the spelling, but never pronounced excess
xsTime, xsWork, xsDocuments, xsIssues, xsBugs, and the list goes on
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